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Man's Shoe Rendered by Dorothy Dwin (artist), 1941 watercolor and graphite on paper overall: 29 x 36.3 cm (11 7/16 x 14 5/16 in.) Index of American Design 1943.8.1977 |
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Men's shoes surviving from the eighteenth century are extremely rare. This man's shoe, dated about 1775, is made of gray suede and has a one-inch red leather heel and a brass buckle. The low, broad heel first appeared in America in the 1770s and continued in fashion until the turn of the century. Shoe buckles were both functional and decorative. Usually, no distinction was made between the left and right shoe; each shoe of a pair could be worn on either the left or the right foot.
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